Reported to Federal authorities as a deserter at Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 26, 1864. Released at Louisville, Kentucky, November 15, 1864. Description: dark complexion, hazel eyes, light hair, five feet seven inchestall. Born at Liberty Hill, South Carolina. Residence: Shelby County,

William Robert Stringfellow was born September 4, 1823, and died November 9, 1901.He is buried in Clay Co.,Alabama,at a cemetery off Pole Bridge Road.When William Robert's tombstone began to show much distress from time and the elements, his grandson,Herman V.Stringfellow and some helpers, bought a new stone, and erected it at Robert's grave.

Albert Gallatin Watson enlisted March 22, 1862. He was wounded in the Battle of Peachtree Creek (north of Atlanta) and lost most of his arm. His one surviving grandson tells us that he was put on a boxcar with other dying men, and sent into the city of Jonesboro, Ga. where a black couple happened to see him. They pulled him from the train and nursed him back to health. He survived the war and was retired from duty 12/29/64. The grandson remembers Albert wrapping the reins on his mule around his stump to plow his fields. He went on to become a Probate Judge and died in 1907. Buried in Talledega, Alabama.

William Jefferson Cates served in the 25th Alabama Infantry Company “I” during the War Between the States. He enlisted 14-Oct-1861 at Newoka, Alabama. Company I was organized at Oak Level then Calhoun, now Cleburne County and the 25th was organized into a Battalion by W. B. McClellan and mustered in the Confederate States Army by General McClellan at Newoka Campground, ten miles south of the City of Talladega. From Jun-1862 to Oct-1862 he was reported sick at Tyners station, Tennessee. 21-Feb-1863 he was paid $110.00 for service from 28-Feb to 31-Dec-1862. 10-Mar-1863 he left the hospital in Atlanta, Georgia and next appeared on a muster roll Sep & Oct-1863. From 10-Feb to 31-Mar-1864 he was noted on a Roll of non-commissioned officers and privates employed on extra duty at Sup. Ten., Army of Tennessee with the Nature of service: Teamster. He was also noted on a list of men who returned without arms or with captured arms, with the Withers Division, 1st Brigade as detailed to carry ammunition.

Enlisted 14 Oct 1861 at Wewoka, AL. Captured 18 May 1864 at Adairsville, GA. Confederate prisoner of war at Rock Island, IL until 15 Oct 1864. Volunteered for western frontier service in 3rd U.S. Vol. Infantry.

Enlisted as a 2nd Cpl. into Co.'K', promoted to a Sgt. Killed in action 12/31/1862 in the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tn. He was elected to the Confederate Honor Roll by his unit to represent them in this battle and posthumously awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor.